Have you ever
got stuck
in a lift?
1 PRESENTATION
Have you ever got stuck in a lift?
A Read the questionnaire, then match the questions with the right title. Listen and check.
B Match the photos with the right questions. Then work in pairs and ask and answer at least five questions.
2 GRAMMAR
The present perfect: regular and irregular verbs
Read the grammar box and complete the explanation.
3 PRACTICE
A Look at the past participles from the questionnaire and match them with their infinitive form. What do these verbs mean?
B Write more questions with Have you ever … ?
If you have time Work in pairs and ask and answer the questions.
4 PRESENTATION
What happened?
A Two students are doing the questionnaire and talking about their experiences. Listen and follow the dialogue. How do you think the boy felt when the lift started again?
A: Have you ever walked across a gorge?
B: Yes, I have. It was last August, when we went hiking in Switzerland.
A: Were you scared?
B: Yes, I was. I was very relieved when I got to the other side. What about you? Have you had any scary experiences?
A: I got stuck in a lift once. I think that was the worst experience I’ve ever had!
B: How awful! What happened?
A: We live in a block of flats and I was in the lift, going up to the fourth floor, when suddenly it stopped. At first I didn’t know what to do, then I pressed the alarm button. But I had to wait about ten minutes until it started again.
B: What a horrible experience!
B Read the dialogue again, then ask and answer these questions.
5 GRAMMAR
Present perfect and past simple
Look at the examples and complete the explanation.
6 PRACTICE
Choose the right tense (present perfect or past simple) and make complete sentences.
7 WRITING AND SPEAKING
An interesting experience
Use what you know
Work with a partner. Choose an experience from the questionnaire, or think of another experience. Write a short conversation like the one in Exercise 4. It doesn’t have to be true!
Read your conversation to the class, who must guess if your story is true or not.
A: Have you ever climbed a mountain?
B: Yes, I have.
A: Where was that?
B: We went to Tanzania last year and we climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. It was hard but it was the most amazing experience I’ve ever had.